April 28, 2016
…Marinkovic, assistant professor of pediatrics in the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the center’s co-director. “There are children who are vocal at 3, 4 or 5 years of age and will tell their parents, ‘I’m not a boy. I’m a girl.’ “Then there are other kids who kind…
August 25, 2023
Karen Pierce, PhD, has received a five-year, $3.8 million Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) that will fund research to develop an eye tracking-based screening tool for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
June 27, 2022
In a pair of studies, UC San Diego School scientists have deepened investigations into the genetic origins of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children, describing multiple gene variants that contribute to disease risk.
August 5, 2022
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego have joined a nationwide study to better understand the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients in the United States across all demographic groups.
August 13, 2019
UC San Diego School of Medicine has been awarded $9 million to fund research projects using human pluripotent stem cells, CRISPR and human organoids to dissect beta cell defects and create a human cell model of type 1 diabetes aimed at identifying the cellular actions leading to disease onset.
May 31, 2015
Accurately assessing pain in children in a clinical setting can be difficult. A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has demonstrated the validity of a new method for measuring pediatric pain levels using novel facial pattern recognition software.
February 21, 2024
A new analysis method can detect pathogens in blood samples faster and more accurately than blood cultures, which are the current state of the art for infection diagnosis. The new method, called digital DNA melting analysis, can produce results in under six hours.
December 17, 2020
…which houses the only Pediatric Burn Unit in San Diego and Imperial counties. As part of his follow-up care, Benjamin and his mom were also seen at the Burn Center’s outpatient clinic once a week for three weeks. Family centered approach to a special kind of care Treating children for…
May 19, 2021
By mapping its genetic underpinnings, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a predictive causal role for specific cell types in type 1 diabetes, a condition that affects more than 1.6 million Americans.
March 23, 2017
…a first-line medication for pediatric HIV, dosing in infected children—typically an underserved patient population, particularly in developing countries. Yang’s work is known as pharmacokinetics, or the study of how a medication moves through the body—how it’s distributed, absorbed, eliminated, and everything in between. A drug’s pharmacokinetics determines how much you…
